ibug

The colourful must go into the dirty! IBUG is one of the most important festivals for urban art in Europe. IBUG stands for brownfield redevelopment. Abandoned factories, empty halls, industrial sites overgrown with new greenery - these are the venues for the festival, which attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year. International artists and a team of numerous volunteers transform the derelict sites into a positive utopia of possibility with paintings, graffiti, stencils, paste-ups, illustrations, installations and multimedia art. Guided tours, series of talks, workshops and events provide a historical reappraisal and make it possible to experience a confrontation with places that once gave the city its identity. But it is also about future prospects for the places found.

in 2025, visitors were able to experience the 20th edition of the festival. To mark the anniversary, the team found a very special location - the site of the former Stadtpark hospital in Chemnitz. It was originally built as the Presto factory and was later used by Auto-Union AG as its headquarters.